Monthly Archives: February 2012

Would Preclearance Moot the Kinston Voting Rights Act Challenge?

February 6, 2012, 8:20 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

On Friday I explained that it appeared likely that DOJ was going to preclear the Kinston, NC voting change from partisan to non-partisan elections, and that this likely would moot the constitutional suit against section 5 of the Voting Rights… Continue reading

Webcast TODAY: Citizens United’s Impact on Judicial Elections

February 6, 2012, 7:53 amcampaign finance, judicial electionsRick Hasen

This link will be live today (Monday) at noon Pacific time. The event: The UCI Law chapter of ACS has put together this event for Monday Feb. 6 at 12 pm (Pacific time), and it will be webcast. Here is… Continue reading

“Attack Dog The creator of the Willie Horton ad is going all out for Mitt Romney.”

February 6, 2012, 7:51 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Extensive Jane Mayer piece in the New Yorker chronicles demise of campaign finance laws.

“Religious Condition Stirs Protest at a Caucus Site”

February 5, 2012, 8:47 pmpolitical parties, primaries, votingRick Hasen

NYT: “LAS VEGAS — A special Saturday night Republican caucus here intended to accommodate Orthodox Jews who could not vote before sundown became the scene of controversy and confrontation after caucusgoers were told that to be admitted they had… Continue reading

“The Citizens United Catastrophe”

February 5, 2012, 8:41 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

E.J. Dionne’s latest column.

“Politics and the Supreme Court”

February 5, 2012, 8:40 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

This NYT editorial discusses the Voting Rights Act.

One Woman’s Maps Made All the Difference in Pa Redistricting Case

February 5, 2012, 4:22 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Howard links.

Must Watch: Strong Words in FOX News Interview with SOS White

February 5, 2012, 3:28 pmSOS WhiteRick Hasen

White’s comments. “Indiana is a land of men and not of law….It was a total miscarriage of justice and a perversion….[Prosecutor] was savage…barbaric.” White has negative things to say also about Governor Daniels, Evan Bayh and others. Must-watch. “I… Continue reading

“Forget super PACs. A modest proposal for legalizing bribery”

February 5, 2012, 3:03 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Steven Pearlstein has written this WaPo oped: “We know that Fred Wertheimer and the other goo-goos will be all over NPR and the op-ed pages bellyaching about the corrupting influence of corporate money on government, as if that horse… Continue reading